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Eastern box turtle

Terrapene carolina carolina

Description:

A little bigger than my hand. Really strong. Beautiful. Not so sure if its a male or female. Pretty calm and like listening to music.

Habitat:

He know lives in a hole by our house and I believe he's stating there so now we're neighbors

Notes:

Found him under a bench. Put him in the back of the truck got done pictures. Took him to the porch listened to some music. I took him/her outside and let her be in a pretty nice shady spot

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2 Comments

hernandezwolf99
hernandezwolf99 9 years ago

Thanks I will name her Claudia instead of Claude now!

sheltoweee
sheltoweee 9 years ago

That is a female - females usually have brown eyes or reddish brown. Males always have bright red or bright orange eyes. there are other ways to tell sex also you can find in this link: http://hub.me/a6ypa

hernandezwolf99
Spotted by
hernandezwolf99

Snellville, Georgia, USA

Spotted on Jul 2, 2014
Submitted on Jul 2, 2014

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